Apparatus for cutting paper into strips and printing scales thereon.



E. EIGNBR. Armnu'us ron ou'r'rma PAPER INTO s'rms AND PRINTING SCALES THEBEON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 190B.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

3 SHEETS-BEBE! 1.

nrramvsrs y B. EIGNER. APPARATUS PCB CUTTING PAIBB INTO STRIPS AND PRINTING BOALBB THBRBON.

APPLXOATIQH PILBD r33. 8, 1909.

953,742. Patentd Apr. 5, 1910.

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I INVE/{TOR 5 mv/ f/ ms/ A TTORHE Y8 E. HIGHER; AIPABATUS FOB CUTTING PAPER INTO STRIPS AND PRINTING SCALES THEBEOH.'

I APPLICATION FILED IEB. 8, 1909.

3,742. Patented Apr. 5, 1910 3 SHEETS-SHEET 9 I m/A322;

- A mum UNITED sarnrngr n rnn'r OFFICE.

EMIL BIG-NEH. OF NEW YORK, N. Y. 1

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PAPER INTO STRIPS AND PRINTING SCALES THEREON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

Application filed February 8, 1809. Serial No. 476,548.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. EMU. 'EioNi-ni. a citizen of the United States. and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful Iinpi-oveineuts in .-\|lt iara tus for Cutting Paper into Strips-and inting Scales Thcrcon. of which the followin is a specification, such as will enable those sliilleil in the art to which it apportuins to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines t up parntus for cutting rolls of paper or similar material into atripa or tapes and printing measuring .-iea le.- thereon, i-iairl strips or tapes heiiig' designed to he rolled into rolls of cloth, ribbons or similar material in order that; the exact amount of ribbon, cloth or other material in the roll may be determined at: an) ii1l\8, \\'llll'(h a retail dealer in goods of this class may determine at. a glance the amount of goods remaining in the rolls after a part thereof has been sold. and also determine when pairliasiu goods of this class from wholesale dealers the amount of goods contained in a roll.

The invention is fully iliselonedin lhe fullowing spin-il'ieutioin of which the aeeompanyiiig drawings form a part. in which the separate parts of til) improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each at the views, and in which;-

Figure l in a partial sectional aide elevation of a machine ll|\(ll\'lll III) invention. Fig. 2 a side view thereol with parts. of the details represented in dotted lines, Fig. 3 a section on the line .i'-.r oflFig. 1 and looklug in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. -l= a section on the. line -l'-H ufl 'ig. I and look, in}: ill the lllliltllill (if the arrow 4. Fl". 5' a section on the line 5--5 'of Fig. 1, l ig. 6 a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, Fig.

.7 a section on the line 7"? of Fig. 1, Fig.

3 a sectional v iew of a detail of the 'roiistruelion shown in Fig. it and looking in the direction of the arrow 8 of said figure, Fig. it ltFWfiiiOlllll view of a detail of the construction shown in Fig. (t, the view beingn partial section on the line 9-4 of Fl 6, Fit. 10 a section on the line 10-10 of ig. 2, i 11 a side view of a printing wheel which cmploy and showing parts operating in eonncctiou therewith. part of the. construction hein in section. Fig. 12 a view looking in the ireotioii of the arrow 19 othigd 1. Fig.

in practice,

"wheels I), the mine it is in Ft I, 3, 1, 12 and 13, and sai 13 a side view of another iart oi the llllinig wheel shown in Figs. it and 12, lg. 14: a side view on an enlarged scale of a printin shaft which I em 10y provided with pi inting wheels, part 0 the construction being in section, said shaft and wheels being also shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, Fig. 15 a side View on an enlarged scale of two cutter shafts which I an toy and provided with circular cutter whee s or disks, iart. of the construe tltlll belll in section said shafts and wheels or disks eing also 5 iown in Figs. 1, 2 and .i, and ;Fig. lit a view of apart of a measuring strip or tape cut; and printed by means otiiiy improved machine.

In the practice of my invention 1 provide a suitable frame a composed of side members connected in the usual or any desired manner and the front end portion of which is provided with supports or bearings a in which,.-in practice, is mounted a roll' a of paper or any suitable fibrous material, and rearwardly of which is placed a pair of food and wide rolls a between which, the paper from the lOll G is fed as indicated at a in Fig. 1.

In the rear portion of the frame a is placed another pair of feed and gfuide rolls.

a, and the feed and guide r is a are placed one above. another 'as are also the cod and guide rolls a, and at the rear of the feed and aide rolls a is placed a platen roll a t. c top surface of which is in ii horizontal plane which passes between the rollers of the separate pairs a and (1.

Supported above the platen roll a is ii shaft I provided with a plurality of rint ing wheels 6 which, in the form 0 conatriietiui i-ilioivn, are seven in number as indicated in Fi 3 and above the rinbing rovide with ii transverse bar or support; on which are mounted adjiiatable slides b to which are pivoted arms I) which col-res 0nd in number with the rioting w eels b and which are provi ed with inking ro lei-s b" adapted to bear on the wheels b, and the slide:- b are provided with set. screws 11' by which theg may be adjusted on the bar or support and held in any desired position.

The printin wheels b are elearlg shown are t c Game in construction and operation as that described in U. S. Letters Patent wheels .No. 895,079, grnnicd to mo Aug.

4, 1-908, and those wheels are provided with :1 scale a designed to print, on n strip or to e, a scale 1 resenting yards and fractions t areof, an inches and fractions thereof, and

mental prinbin wheels o the face or perimeter of whici is provided at, intervals with notches or recesses c, and the outer side of which is provided at corresponding intervals with projecting pins 17-, said pins being placed between the notches or receisses a and being arranged in a circle on the side of the wheels 5.

Pivoted in the recesses c are pawls c" provided at one end with u nose o adaptecl to enter the recesses 41- in the wheels c and at the opposite ends of which are springs c 5 which normiilly hold said ponds in en .ge-

ment with the wheels are also provided on the. face thcreofnnd between the recesses o with the numerals 1, 2, 3, etc. which are intended to print on strips ortapes, and while the scale c pcinto on said sin s or tapes the-yards, fractions; of yards on inches and fractions of inches the wheels 0 riotihereon the number of nrrls and :aii wheei are in the form of construction, shown, designed in print a 1n ensnrin tape the wheel}: a wii! therefore hear the no morals from one to l e-n.

The slides bnlgovo the wheels :3 are provided with projecting pins or fingers I or strip ten ynnliet long, and I which, oi. each complete revolution of'the wheels b, engage one of the pins and the corresponding wheels and more maid wheels against iliu reuu'ding influence 0iihe pnwls o one step and a new yard is printed on ,ihc strips o'r tapes entfrom the 'as to Form shine;

wheels I) are one more in nmnbor, in llw form or oonstrnotion shown, than lhu cuticlwheels I and. a on their r )eclive shafts.

Arranged rcnrwnrdly oi the feed and 7 guide rolls n is n shaft 1 shown in Figs. 1 one side of the rim of the wheels I) is out out as shown at a" in Figs. 11 and 12 to form recesses in which are mounted supple and 6, and said shaftis provided with spools or reels f three of which are ohowinoml arranged nbm'o the shaft f and forwardly of the some. in the form of construction shown, is; nnimilar shaft 1/ provided with spools or reels y four of which are shown.

With the arrangement of cutters J and a on the shafts" annd as shown in Fig, .3 there will be seven strips or tapes a cut from the. sheet a as it comes from (he roll a and it. will he observeillhatihe cmnhinetl number of the spools or reels and f is the same lithe tupes, and in Figs. 6 and {the said strips or tapes (ire partly showh in full lllllfi and partly broken away in tlo'ttccl'lincs.

In the accompanying drawings the euttors d and e on the shnfis r. and c nml the printing wheels Z are shown m nrrnngerl or apes a of tliilcroul Widths, but. it Willa-iv.- impure-n: that these parts o'f'iho machine may be arranged in any desired iminnezand the strips or tapes may all he of mm Wirlih if desired, or the positions of the cutters d and o and tho printing wheels 7/ on llacir respective shall; may be adjusted or regulated to any desired cxlonlso as to form primed tapes or strips of any rlesiier'i witllh.

hown in Fi .4 illlil 1?, the printing wheels If on the printing s'lmfl" b are pm; riiletl will: hulls through which fllu jml-hiikl s tstrewn li, aim] iii,- ell'uulnl L'uLlH's l uml (a on [he l n r." .nad a mo prorirlozl with hole; through Whiuh are asiscil not :eLl't-WS anti 1'. and by means this construction the mjijuonocnt' oi- (hc printing whceln b nml paper sheet a as hereinafter described, and

sit the hegimiii-igs of each ynrrl printed by the wheels A on he-$111175 or lnpes ihe Fm-1 and fractions of H11! new yarri are hiss.

, iom guide ".llCh'fG-Gti roll wiih n :iltn

spro ket whorl Jr. the zhiift wnh a similar printe as will he rondilv nmlersl'ontl and:

as shown and desoriiwvl in tho putcni hora:-

. inbcforc refehcd to.

Rearwardiy of lhe ariniing wliools I) and and t erear feed am] guide rolls'a are two sproohrt wheel k"; lhe shaft j with as, similar son-or-kcl when! A, 'nm'l the in) feed nml rguzcle roll a is provided witi a similar laten roll a null oLwrc-n said ports shafts d and e placed one alone the other,

and these shafts are provided respectively with circular cnliore cl and o, nml time shafts and mittens are clearly uhown inFigzs. '1 and 5 and in Fig. 15, ou.r. i i the form of menstruation shown, thetop unlimshni'i: is PJJUf-hlkl at its left. hand cm! with o sprocket wheel n15. one the shafts: n. mm c sprockcl' wheel h, and in the bottom rear portion of the frame and bottom front portion of the frame are laoocl idler-s ll. clearly .hown in Figs. 2 um 10, and mounted on 'hairl genroaml the gear (Z on [he shaft :5

apace l in mnireepmnl w-iih (he. printing I wini; 0- on llicshaft 1'1, bu (in: printing;

u-ncl paesing hencaih [he idlcrs k is an enclloss Jolt. or llifl'l! chum 53.115 clearly nullonloci in Flg. 2.

Pivoterl to the opposite sides of the frame directly under the shaft (1 as shown at i in Figs. 2mm] 8, and as indicated in (lofted lines in Fig; L, are arms 5" which carry an nnti-.'-:lael; roller 13' whioh rests; on the sheet of paper between the feed and guide rollers a and the cut-{cm b and platen roll (1..

number of said strips or v sproc et wheels h and h ride means w struction shown and described the cutting of It will be understood, of course, that as the paper is fed from the 'roll a, printed and cut into strips or tapes and-rolled onto the i spools or reels f and g the movement of said spools or reels will not correspond with the movement of the pa er roll a as said roll decreases in size. n other words the rate of feed remaining always the same, and i the strips or tapes increasing on the spools i on reels 2 renders it necessary to provide for this con ition, and in order to do this I prohereby the sprocket wheels h i and it may slip or turn on the shafts g and f to which the spools or reels 9 and f ,are secured. This construction is cleariy shown y in Fi 9 in which the shaft 9 is shown.

The on the shafts are provided with a hollow hub j through which said shafts pass and within which the said" shaft is rovided with two segmental bean ing bloc s 3' placed on the o posite sides thereof and between which anc the sides of i the casing j are placed spiral sprin s 7' the tension of which may be regulate by set screws j.- With this construction the movei ment of the shafts f and g and the spools or i reels and g may be regulated as will be readi y understood. With the construction herein described, will be seen, be printed on the sheet a of paper as it leaves the roll a and that said sheet will afterward be cut into narrow strips by the cutters d and c and that said strips will be wound on the spools or reels f and 9 but my invention is not limited to'the rewinding of the strips or ta es on the reels f and gfl'and any suitable is osal of said strips 3 or tapes may be made a ter the printing of the scales thereon and the cutting thereof. It will also be observed that with the con i the paper sheet into strips or tapes is done after the printing of the scales, but my invention is not limited to this arrangement of the various parts as shown and described,

that parallel rows of scales will I versely of the being adjustab e and the sheet of paper as it leaves the roll a may first be cut into strips or tapes which ma afterward be printed with the desired sca es; and various other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, from the spirit of my invention or s critic-ing its advantages.

In the construction shown, the bearings of the printing wheel shaft 7) are adj ustahlc hearings, as are also the bearings of the top feed and guide rolls a, and a;

The machine may be driven by a belt wheel 70 on the shaft of the bottom feed or guide roll a, or it may driven in any desired manner.

Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a machine for cutting paper into strips and printing scales thereon, a frame, a paper roll support mounted therein, a platen roll mounted transversely of said frame, a printing shaft mounted over said platen roll, spaced )rinting wheels connected with said shaft, feed rollers mounted between the paper roll support and 'the platen roll and printing shaft cutter shafts arranged transfrume rearwardly of the lalen roll and printing shaft and provided with spaced cutters, uide and feed rollers arranged rcarward y of the cutter shafts. and spools on which the strips of paper are wound as they pass between said guide rollers, said rinting wheels and cutters on their respective shafts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in resence of the subscribing witnesses this sixth day of February 1909,

EMIL EIGN l'lll.

lVitnesscs MILTON N. BLU amn'rnmi, Isaac Rnlss.

without departing v 

